Time to Celebrate Your Achievements

The AAMA Excel Awards bring recognition to the most excellent publications, promotions, people, and more!

How We Honor You

Award winners are formally saluted at an awards ceremony held during the AAMA Annual Conference.

All winners will be recognized on the AAMA website and in Medical Assisting Today, the association's official publication.

Several awards have additional rewards; click on each award's drop-downs to learn more.

Standout Students:

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Eligibility

Entries that were produced and presented in final form between June 1, 2024, and June 1, 2025, are eligible. The submitters, nominators, and nominees must be AAMA members.

Submission Process

Excel Award entries must be submitted electronically. Print newsletters can be scanned and uploaded via the online entry form available below.

Entries that do not meet all the submission requirements will be automatically disqualified.

Questions? Email MarCom@aama-ntl.org, and Awards Committee staff liaisons will help.

Deadline

All submissions must be emailed by or have a postmark deadline of July 15, 2025.

The submission window for the 2025 Excel Awards is closed.


Awards

These awards bring recognition to the most excellent publications, promotions, people, and more!

Membership Awards

 

All state societies are automatically considered for these membership awards:

  • Membership Recruitment. Presented to the state societies showing the greatest percentage increase in members for the 2023 membership year. 
  • Membership Retention. Presented to the state societies with the greatest percentage retention of 202​​3 members for the 202​​4 membership year.
  • Student Membership Recruitment. Presented to the state societies showing the greatest percentage increase of student members for the 2023 membership year.

 

Certification Awards

All states are automatically considered for the Certification Awards, which are presented to the states with the greatest percentage increase of member CMAs (AAMA)®. The four winning states will be awarded a $100 cash prize and a certificate of recognition from the Certifying Board of the AAMA.

Awards of Distinction

 

Reward
Winners receive a trophy and a monetary award.

Restrictions
The following actions are prohibited:

  • Submitting for same winning nominee for the same award. Distinction winners can only win the award once. Repeat nominations for the same award are automatically disqualified.
  • Submitting for the same winning nominee for a different award. Distinction winners are ineligible for a different Distinction Award until three years has passed since their win.
  • Submitting a nomination for an AAMA BOT member. Currently serving BOT members are ineligible for the Awards of Distinction.

Awards of Distinction

State Society Excellence Awards

Other

More Information

Judging Information

The publishing, marketing, website development, community service, membership, and certification awards will be judged based on the number of members in the state society as of Jan. 1, 202​5:

Section A = ​175 members or fewer
Section B = ​176–​400 members
Section C = ​401–​900 members
Section D = ​901 members or more

Findings of the judges are subject to review by the AAMA Board of Trustees. The decision of the judges is final, and the judges reserve the right to grant no award if there are no entries of sufficient merit. Judging materials and individual scoring decisions are confidential. 

Submission Policies for All Awards

Members of the AAMA Board of Trustees cannot do the following:

  • Submit any entries on behalf of their state society for any of the State Society Excellence Awards
  • Submit a nomination for any of the Awards of Distinction or the Medical Assistant Employer of the Year Awards
  • Write a letter of recommendation for any of the Awards of Distinction, the Medical Assistant Employer of the Year Awards, and the student essay competition

These submissions will be automatically disqualified.